Verification of Assets MCQs

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11)

Which of the following controls would ensure that securities are not lost, stolen or diverted?

A) Establish physical barriers over investment securities

B) Maintain files of authorized signatures

C) Segregate investment approval form accounting and from custody of securities

D) All of the above

Right Answer is the option "D"

12)

Which of the following would give the assurance that debtors mentioned on the date of
balance sheet actually exist?

A) Sending debtor’s confirmation letters

B) Reviewing subsequent collection

C) Verify debtors against sales document

D) Both (a) and (b)

Right Answer is the option "D"

13)

Analytical procedures are least likely to be use in the audit of –

A) cash balance

B) investments

C) bills receivables

D) debtors

Right Answer is the option "A"

14)

Which of the following statements is not true with regard to teeming and lading ?

A) It results in the deliberate misappropriation of cash receipts

B) It is associated with cash receipts

C) If same individual maintains cash receipts and cash payments teeming and lading is likely
to exist

D) To conceal the shortage, the defraud, usually, tries to keep bank and book amounts in
daily agreement so that a bank reconciliation will not detect the irregularity.

Right Answer is the option "C"

15)

The balance of cash in often between one to five percent of total assets. Tick the most
appropriate statement with regard to verification of cash in context of this

A) Cash in always material as materiality is qualitative concept

B) No audit of cash is needed when, in auditor’s opinion, cash is immaterial. Materiality is a
relative concept

C) The cash balance need only be audited if the balance is in overdraft

D) Cash is to be verified if control risk is assessed as high

Right Answer is the option "A"

16)

When counting cash on hand the auditor should ___

A) ensure presence of somebody from management

B) obtain a receipt from custodian as to its return

C) ensure postage and revenue stamps are not counted in physical count

D) temporary advances to employees are counted to calculate balance of cash in hand

Right Answer is the option "C"

17)

Which of the following statement is not true regard to auditor’s attendance at stock taking?

A) Auditor should attend physical stock taking only if inventory is material

B) Auditor may not attend physical verification of stock by management, if he does not find it
appropriate to rely on it

C) Auditor may not attend physical verification of stock by management, if he does not find it
appropriate to rely on it

D) The primary objective of an auditor’s observation of an entity’s observation of an entity’s
stock take is to obtain direct knowledge that the stock and has been property counted

Right Answer is the option "C"

18)

While observing a client’s annual physical inventory, an auditor conducted test counts for
certain test counts were higher than the recorded quantities in the client’s perpetual
records. This situation could be the result of the client’s failure to record –